Malts of Islay - Àlainn 1989 MM The Vatting - Limited Release
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 30년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 42.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep gold - a darker batch
air Nose
there are many various flavours you can say about these older Laphroaigs, but - as with something like Pinot Noir - sometimes it's easier just to say: 'Old Laphroaig'! An extraordinary and perfectly integrated display of tropical fruits combined with very gentle medicinal aromas and the most gorgeous and elegant, drying peat smoke. You could add smoked teas, grapefruit peel, a few iodine drops and these wonderful, subtle notes of waxed hessian and camphor
restaurant Palate
the sherry in this batch is stunning and very obvious here, hugely rich, waxy, fruity and with some darker fruit notes such as sultana and fig coming off the back of the sherry, which is also stunningly resinous, earthy and salty with some beautiful tobacco notes too. Perfectly engaging and mouth-filling at 43%, treads a perfect tightrope between power and grace
timer Finish
long, warming, full of dry, brittle and elegantly peppery peat smoke, more tiny inflections of iodine and crystallised exotic fruits and tropical fruit teas